Tuesday, January 22, 2013

MAKING ROOM: New York Museum Exhibits UniverCity's Suite within a Suite

Last year, I received an email from the Museum of New York requesting approval to include a project from UniverCity in a special forthcoming exhibit on smaller housing ideas. Today, the exhibit is opening but sadly, too many local commitments prevented me from attending the opening reception.

My contribution is the suite within a suite...which was included in a number of projects at SFU's UniverCity. Just as some single family houses have a basement suite to provide affordable housing and help pay the mortgage , these two and three bedroom suites had a 'lock-off' suite that could be rented out or ultimately incorporated into the balance of the unit. I saw this as a way for households to afford the larger unit that they might ultimately need by renting out a portion. It's like a 'basement suite in the sky' or as the Province newspaper dubbed it, 'A mortgage helper in the sky'

In 2007, this idea was selected by the Urban Land Institute for publication given its innovative approach. I am delighted that the organizers of the Museum exhibit learned about it and chose to include it in the show. I'm just sorry I can't be there to attend the opening and see the other ideas on display. Here's some more information about the exhibition.

MAKING ROOM is a CHPC initiative
that brings together cutting-edge housing policy and demographic
research with pragmatic policy recommendations that would help to
develop some brand new, legal and safe housing options for 21st century New York City.
We are delighted to announce that these cutting-edge ideas will now be showcased at the Making Room Museum Exhibition,
opening on January 23rd at the Museum of the City of New York. To
attend the exclusive exhibition reception, taking place on January 22nd
at 6pm, email your name to RSVP@mcny.org.

Over the last three years, CHPC has been dedicated to exploring new
housing ideas so that New York City can Make Room for its whole
population.

We developed a unique data model to
examine how New Yorkers are being accommodated in housing today. The
unexpected finding was a predominance of non-traditional households
struggling to fit themselves into a housing stock designed and built for
traditional households. New trends in immigration, demographics,
technology, and the economy are reshaping how people live.

Almost
half of New York adults are now single, creating a need for new types of
living arrangements. Only 18% of our housing is occupied by a nuclear
family (two parents and children under age 25). Nevertheless, New York
City housing regulations continue to encourage homes and apartments
designed for nuclear families; single family units with mostly two and
three bedrooms. With unmet demand for more diverse housing choices
growing, especially for the millions of single adults, the Making Room
project revealed that more and more people are turning to the improvised
housing market, often living in illegal and dangerous situations.

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